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THE PRO-LIFE Campaign has slammed plans to airdrop abortion pills to Ireland.
A drone operation successfully delivered pills to two women in Poland just over a week ago.
The drone flew misoprostol and mifepristone, abortion pills approved by the World Health Organisation (WHO), from Frankfurt in Germany to Slubice, a Polish town near the German border, on 27 June.
Women can safely perform medical abortions with the approved pills up to nine weeks into their pregnancies, according to WHO.
Dr Rebecca Gomperts, the director of Dutch pro-choice group Women on Waves, which sent the drone, told Newsweek that the organisation now plans to target Ireland and Argentina, where access to abortion is also strictly limited.
She acknowledged, however, that the potential legal repercussions of delivering abortion pills to women who can be prosecuted for taking them will have to be addressed.
In a statement issued today, Cora Sherlock, deputy chair of the Pro-Life Campaign, said the move is “nothing more than a cheap publicity stunt that shows utter disregard for women’s health and the right to life.”
She described Women on Wave activists as “zealous promoters of unrestricted access to abortion” who ”show zero regard for the lives of unborn babies throughout the entire nine months of pregnancy”.
Restricted access
Women on Waves previously distributed abortion pills to pregnant women from a boat off the coast of Ireland in 2001.
The organisation said it received calls from about 300 women within five days of arriving in Irish waters.
A report published by Amnesty last month notes that 177,000 women and girls have travelled out of Ireland for abortions in England and Wales since 1971.
An estimated 4,000 still make that journey every year.
Women on Waves had not responded to a request for comment at the time of writing.
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Brexit is like a middle-aged man deciding that faraway hills are green, dumping the wife, buying a sports car, getting hair plugs and hanging out in trendy bars trying to crack on to young women.
The point he’s at now is closing time of the bar in the early hours. The staff are trying to clear up around him as he sways drunkenly from side to side arguing with anyone and everyone.
At some level he knows that he’s made a colossal mistake. His wife is going to take him to the cleaners, his kids don’t want to see him and all for what?
To recapture the past?
At least he has taken back control…
@Phil O’ Meara: Do middle-aged women ever get to do these things? Seems a bit sexist and very unfair if they don’t…
@Phil O’ Meara: Well Phil, that’s put me right off dumping the Mrs, buying a sports Car, and getting the noggin done. I’ve been saving up all lockdown for an Audi TT and a trip to Turkey!!
What’s the point of signing a deal with a party that’s threatening to break a deal if you don’t sign?
@Mick Tobin: It’s called politics. Countries and alliances break deals, laws and regulations all the time when it’s expedient for them to do so…
https://reaction.life/the-new-brexit-storm/
If they knew what they wanted 4.5 years ago we could have been ready by now. Britain still waiving the rules and messing it up for everyone.
@Paul Furey: a former imperial power unable to accept their place in 21st century world order, embarrassing themselves every step of the way.
@How is it only Wednesday?: very true! And the amount of misguided nostalgia that was sold to your average brexiteer…..and they swallowed every single word. They get what they deserve.
Throw them out on their ear, the arrogance is off the charts with them, a couple of months of Brexit reality and a collapsing economy should humble them
Wonder why the UK decided to fast track the Covid vaccine yesterday, are they looking for cover so they can go ahead with these 2 bills and breach the Northern Irish protocol…wouldn’t be surprised.
If so the talks will be in crisis, and we’re really looking at no deal, the EU won’t deal with them any longer – trust and goodwill will be completely gone.
The unfortunate thing is that we’ll be caught in the crossfire
This bill is a threat to EU negotiators. Give us what we want , on our terms , or you’ll be sorry. The Brexit eers(tories) believe that if they take it to the wire the EU side will crack.A bit of old divide and conquer technique. It always worked swimmingly back in the good old days of the empire, old boy.
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